Definition for Commissary:

• kom'is-ar-i, n. one to whom any charge is committed: a deputy: ( Scots law) the judge in a commissary court: a higher officer of police: ( eccles.) an officer representing a bishop, and performing his duties in distant parts of the diocese: an officer who furnishes provisions, & c., to an army.-- adj. COMMISS[= A]' RIAL, pertaining to a commissary.-- ns. COMMISS[= A]' RIAT, the department charged with the furnishing of provisions, as for an army: the supply of provisions: the office of a commissary; COMM'ISSARY-GEN'ERAL, the head of the department for supplying provisions, & c., to an army; COMM'ISSARYSHIP.-- COMMISSARY COURT, a supreme court established in Edinburgh in 1563, with jurisdiction in questions of marriage-- its powers conjoined with those of the Court of Session in 1836. [ Low L. commissarius-- L. committ[) e]re, commissum.]

Synonyms for Commissary:

• adj.

  •commercial (adjective)
  • more profitmaking,
  • more merchandising,
  • most sales,
  • re-tail,
  • more profit-making,
  • most merchandising,
  • more bartering,
  • re tail,
  • more sales,
  • more supplying,
  • re-tailing,
  • most exchange,
  • more profit making,
  • ex change,
  • most wholesaling,
  • most saleable,
  • profit making,
  • more wholesaling,
  • more market,
  • more commissary,
  • tradest,
  • most profit-making,
  • most bartering,
  • across counter,
  • most supplying,
  • most retail,
  • more saleable,
  • most retailing,
  • most profitmaking,
  • more mercantile,
  • more exchange,
  • most commissary,
  • most mercantile,
  • more retailing,
  • in market,
  • more trading,
  • re tailing,
  • most profit making,
  • most trading,
  • more retail,
  • most market.

• n.

  •
  • barbershop,
  • beauty salon,
  • antique shop,
  • bakeshop,
  • bookstore,
  • big-box store,
  • book club,
  • bookshop,
  • bookstall,
  • beauty parlor.
  •
  • chinese,
  • bar,
  • cafe,
  • bistro,
  • cabaret,
  • carryout,
  • brasserie,
  • cafeteria.
  •artifact (noun)
  • commissary.
  •cafeteria (noun)
  • tea rooms.
  •deputy (noun)
  • legate,
  • representative.
  •storage (noun)
  • entrepots.
  •store (noun)
  • accumulation,
  • cache,
  • library,
  • arsenal,
  • armory,
  • vault,
  • Corncrib,
  • treasure,
  • hayloft,
  • depository,
  • archive,
  • granary,
  • cupboard,
  • larder,
  • storeroom,
  • storehouse,
  • buttery,
  • market,
  • grocery,
  • emporium,
  • closet,
  • warehouse,
  • coffer,
  • locker,
  • stockpile,
  • repository,
  • cellar,
  • safe,
  • bin,
  • depot,
  • mart,
  • crib,
  • silo,
  • bank,
  • hoard,
  • supermarket,
  • lumberyard.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • agent,
  • canteen.

Commissary Sentence Examples:

• A commissary was appointed to distribute the provisions as required.

• " Spoken like a true friend, and here 's my hand on it," declared the commissary.

Hypernym for Commissary:

• n.

  • artifact
    slop chest, PX, post exchange, small stores.

Hyponym for Commissary:

• n.

  • artifact
    shop, buffet, snack bar, snack counter, store.